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Report: Crypto crime is rising, investigators need more
As crypto use cases increase, crypto-related crimes are only getting harder and harder to track, per a new…
Crypto scammers targeting major Trump supporters
With Donald Trump’s recent endorsement of crypto, a wave of fraudsters has targeted his loyal supporters. These scammers,…
Trader claims to lose $310K on dodgy exchange pitched in LinkedIn request
The investor said they learned about the exchange from a “random friend request on LinkedIn.”
AI is speeding up crypto website fraud and influencer scams
AI’s early integration into crypto presents opportunities for efficiency, as well as scams. Per an Elliptic report, AI…
UwU Lend hacked out of $19.3 million
UwU Lend, a lending and liquidity protocol, has reportedly been targeted by an exploit amounting to $19.3 million. …
NYAG sues crypto firms NovaTechFx and AWS Mining for alleged $1b fraud
New York AG Letitia James has sued crypto firms NovaTechFx and AWS Mining for allegedly defrauding over 11,000…
Artificial intelligence can add new dimension to crypto crimes, Elliptic says
AI can bring a new dimension to the crypto crime problem by allowing scammers to more easily impersonate…
College student in China sentenced to 4 years in prison for $300k rug pull in crypto
A Chinese university student has received a prison sentence of over four years for what appears to be…
Crypto fraud cases spike year-over-year: Hong Kong data
Hong Kong police officially disclose how much cryptocurrency fraud there was between 2022 and 2023. How bad was…
Disbarred California attorney pleads guilty to crypto Ponzi scheme
David Kagel has pled guilty to conspiring to operate a crypto Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of more…